From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.

The most wide-spread members of the swallow family, barn swallows wing their way throughout the world, breeding generally in the Northern Hemisphere and wintering throughout most of the Southern ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Bird watching can be a fun hobby in the backyard, but one type of bird is proving to be a nuisance for many, and taking care of them can be problematic, too, as barn swallows are ...

Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the air. Yet while they share these characteristics, these little birds often look slightly ...

Barn swallows zip through the air in rapid twists and turns at speeds reaching 50 mph. When they make a pit stop, its to plaster mud pellets into their cup-shaped nests. We may see the nests under ...

Barn swallows have returned in full force, sometimes seeming to completely take over the barn and ranch. Uncertain when the unique birds started arriving this spring or when they left last year. When ...

In her Distinguished Research Lecture March 12, CU Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will explore the recent and precipitous decrease in the population of barn swallows Some 10,000 years ago, the ...

The skies around our place west of Gilby, N.D., have turned decidedly unfriendly. It's the swallows. Barn swallows have nested on two separate buildings, and they seem to be competing for air space.

Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the air. Yet while they share these characteristics, these little birds often look slightly ...

Researchers think that local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently. Their new research finds that these parasites ...